I think a "black" bathmat would look good. I have this one from LLBean for years in a different color, very hefty. It is washable, but I take it to a laundromat to wash it, since it is very heavy when wet. Classic Cotton Bath Mat -Felspar

Look at the Light Cocco color even though you don't like the browns, it seems to be a very good match. I would hesitate to put down a white rug, but it comes in white, too.

LLBean has a stripe towel that has cocco and a thin line of color that seems close to Felspar. Stripe Cotton Towels These towels bring in a spa blue, but you might not like the stripe with the geometric tile. I'm not sure either. With any rug color, you could always to white towels.

Tan, brown, and grey are part of the shore nature palette. So to give the bath a more soothing nature feel, and balance out the color scheme, I think I would bring in grey on towels and some accessories. And this all works great with the light wood.

You could do a mix of greys, too - and/ or a mix of tan and grey, etc.

https://m.jcpenney.com/p/liz-claiborne-luxury-egyptian-hygrocotton-loops-bath-towel/ppr5007859005?pTmplType=regular&country=US&currency=USD&selectedSKUId=74012760109&selectedLotId=7401276&fromBag=true&utm_medium=cse&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Hand%20Towels&utm_content=74012760109&cid=cse%7Cgoogle%7CUnisex%20Adult%7CHand%20Towels_74012760109&kwid=productads-adType%5EPLA&gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhaa46cCx6QIVA4vICh2BAwx9EAkYAyABEgKxXfD_BwE

Soap dispenser

https://www.agmhomestore.com/products/soap-lotion-dispensers-cp908-gl-p

Another dispenser idea:

https://m.kohls.com/product/prd-3511102/saturday-knight-ltd-alanya-soap-pump.jsp?skuid=69982160&ci_mcc=ci&utm_campaign=EC%20DECORATIVE%20BATH&utm_medium=CSE&utm_source=google&utm_product=69982160&CID=shopping15&utm_campaignid=%7Bcampaignid%7D&pid=googleadwords_int&af_channel=CSE&af_sub3=69982160

thanks everyone! I'm leaning towards maybe black bath rug/mat since the entire apartment is light with lighter wood and white walls but the doors and baseboards around bottom and the windows and patio window/doors in the bedroom/living room(they're identical basically but here I'll upload the overall floorplan - note the measurements are either spot on or rounded up to the nearest foot or few inches depending on the exact measurement itself.. it was done by the previous tenant and I dont have my more precise updated version but they're similar!) but I think bringing out the bold black in the right dose would be a good pop without having to try to hard to despite I love the pop of green example above but can get difficult trying to coordinate things to that green or whatever more extreme color and know myself at not being great visually at thinking "oh this would look GREAT with that" but rather think something exactly the opposite that does not look near ok with it and is actually offputting and bothersome visually and only realize after like a day of staring like ummm yeah not working out haha

floorplan

It looks like a job nice apartment. I think I would go for a pop of color myself staying away from black white or brown. Any color you like. Blues, red, yellow, lime, purple.... really ANY color

would love any examples of what youd recommend say for a bath rug with any of the color pops you've all mentioned? the tiling color makes it weirdly hard for me to visual anything with it because it's hard not mentally seeing whatever it is directly next to the tiling which obviously it won't be lol but exactly why I asked everyone here :)

you've all been SO helpful!!

If you want to keep it really simple, consider going with the hotel model. Most hotels, regardless of decor, use white towels, etc. Definitely rule of thumb for spas, as well.

You could also use a shower curtain, which would give you the option of covering the tile, to whatever extent you like. https://nearsay.com/c/622336/74285/3-ways-to-make-your-glass-shower-doors-more-private This would allow you a lot of decor choices, with curtain color, style, etc. You could also just use a very simple white shower curtain, as shown above.

You do not have to ’match‘ the black in the apartment, but if you would like to pay homage to the black trim and detail, which is very nice by the way, you could of course still use black in rugs and other accessories.

As one idea, I think something like this could be elegant.

As far as bolder colors, etc.: You would need to be able to see the space as a neutral backdrop - which it essentially is - and you then bring in the other color(s) as accent(s). Since I personally see the space and it’s connection color-wise to the shore nature palette, I would probably choose to accent with colors like the light blues and or gold and or coral/pink - along those lines.

Below, as one example: You notice the gold wall + pink and blue incorporated into towel arrangement.

So for example, you could mix it up and do gold towels with the black rug, or gold and white, or gold and light blue, etc., etc. the sky is the limit. And it goes beyond shore type color palette; it really depends on what you see and what you like. I just think the shore palette works well with the color scheme and elements in your space, and I tend to defer to nature in many of my design considerations. But outside of that box, there are any number of ways you could go. A deep plum/eggplant color could be striking, for example. There are really many possibilities.

Hope some of this is helpful.

Lindsey, depending on where you are located and your comfort/safety level, you can buy several different color towels, rugs, art, etc and try stuff out in your bathroom. Then return what you don’t like. In some areas with low/no infection rates I would feel comfortable doing this, in other areas, definitely not.

I live in brooklyn right like 10 mins from Manhattan lol

Lindsey, what is with the light cord wrapped around the bar?

I like the black bath rug idea too. I was wondering how you liked the glass screen on the tub? Does water splash out? I was thinking of getting one.

I'm curious about it to haha moving in today as we speak

light cord is there cheap way to add overhead lighting and make it seem like its industrial or some type of design aesthetic when really they're just cheap lol

Hilarious! Sad that they think their idea worked. I doubt it is to code so maybe you can mention it after moving in. I assume you are renting. It is funny what people do! The M.C. Escher look tiles would drive me nuts, but those tiny penny sized floor tiles do that too. Bothers my eyes for some reason.

Congrats on your new apartment! Post pictures when when you have it finished.